Wisconsin Paycheck Calculator 2026

Run a Wisconsin paycheck from gross to net and four withholdings do the work. Social Security takes 6.2% up to the $184,500 wage base and Medicare takes a flat 1.45% with no ceiling, both set by the SSA and IRS rather than Madison. Federal income tax follows, scaled to the W-4 you handed your employer. Last comes Wisconsin's own income tax, a graduated structure that tops out at 7.65% but reaches that rate only on the highest slice of pay.

What you will not find on a Wisconsin stub is almost as telling. There is no state disability insurance line, no paid-family-leave premium, and no county or municipal wage tax, so the state side stays a clean single entry. That keeps the gross-to-net gap narrower than in states that bolt on extra payroll levies. A single filer's $13,960 standard deduction and any pre-tax dollars, such as a 401(k) up to the $24,500 cap, shrink the wage base the income tax is built on, which is why a raise rarely lifts take-home by its full sticker amount.

On a $60,000 salary, Wisconsin's graduated income tax, topping out at 7.65%, comes to about $2,070 a year for a single filer after the state's own deductions and exemptions — on top of $4,590 in federal FICA, which is the same in every state. 32 of the 42 states that tax income have a lower top rate than Wisconsin's 7.65%.

The state minimum wage is $7.25/hr , matching the federal floor of $7.25 — about $15,080 a year at 40 hours a week. There is no state disability or paid-family-leave deduction, so nothing beyond income tax and FICA comes out at the state level.